“Starry wonders she has seen/Brooding in the wildwood green”
‘The Witch’
‘The ground itself is kind, black butter’
Image credit Rosie Hopkins, taken at Portmoak Moss
And So This Is Orkney.
(To the tune of ‘Happy Christmas War Is Over’ by John Lennon)
Celebrate Earth Hour
What is all this juice and all this joy?/A strain of the earth’s sweet being in the beginning/In Eden garden.
“Like some pure essence of being” #WorldWaterDay
“Leap the clear burns,/Living water,”
‘The Stolen Child’
“Come away, O human child!/ To the waters and the wild”
Enfolded
“You and me, two hearts’ beats entrained”
O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast
“My plaidie to the angry airt,/I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee:”
February
“Wan February with weeping cheer”
Christmas Cards In The Ditches
“We put the ‘paper’ bin out/ With Christmas cards for re-cycling”
